Albufeira  Historic Centre

Albufeira has a lovely old town, nice buildings and lots of shops to buy souvenirs. Very clean and a lot of bars and restaurants.

The progress has turned Albufeira into a city with tourism and leisure as its vocation but the streets in the hold Cerro da Vila (mediaeval area) still preserve the picturesque appeal of whitewashed houses and steeply narrow streets. In Travessa da Igreja Velha, an old moorish arch indicates the place where stood a primitive mosque, later transformed in the town’s first church.

On the beach, the bright colours of the fishing boats contrast with the blue of the sea. Indifferent to the tourists sunbathing nearby, the fishermen carry on the task of mending and preparing the nets, as they have done for hundreds of years.

Um passeio à beira-mar proporcionará uma vista magnífica sobre a cidade, as praias e as falésias que fazem parte do encanto de Albufeira.

A calçada leva à bela caverna de Xorino, onde, segundo a tradição local, os mouros se refugiaram quando a cidade foi reconquistada pelos cristãos no século XIII.